Glass-cylinder-capping apparatus.



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GLASS-CYLINDER-GAPPING APPARATUS.

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Application le September 20, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM Wns'rBUnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Okmulgee, in the county of Okmulgee and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glass- Cylinder-Capping Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to glass cylinder capping apparatus, and has for its object to produce a horse provided with a plurality of electrical capping-olf devices, adjustable toward and from the cylinder-supporting arms of the horse and also adjustable independently or together longitudr nally of the horse, the first-named or transverse adjustment of the devices accommodating the apparatus to cylinders of different diameter, and the other or longitudinal adjustments enabling the attendant to more quickly set the capping devices at the points where itis desired t0 sever or cut a cylinder.

W'ith this general object in view the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that the invention may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1, is a central vertical section of a glass cylinder capping apparatus taken on the line I-I of Fig. 2, with certain central j parts in elevation. 2, is an enlarged fragmentary end view of the apparatus. Fig. 3, 1s a full sized view of a portion of and guide mechanism therefor.

Referring to the drawing in detail 1 is a Hoor or other foundation for a series of V- shaped standards 2, and secured in the upper ends of said standards is a bar 3 provided with a set of laterally projecting inverted-arch arms i which serve as a support or cradle for a glass cylinder 5 preliminary to and during the capping operations thereon. If desired the standards 2 may be equipped with a second set of the arms 4, as shown in the drawing. The arms 4 are preferably pivoted on bar 3 and are prevented from dropping downto a vertically pendant position by underlying rods 6, preferably secured to the standards 2, in any suitable manner.

7 indicates a series of plates or lugs projecting rigidly upward from bar 3, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

Serial No. 51,737.

l for a set of arms 9, these arms preferably being slightly arched. If the apparatus is provided with a double set of arms Ll, it

should likewise be provided with a doublesirable to be able to shift or slide rod 8 longitudinally so as to position the set of arms thereon with reference to avoidance of waste of glass.

For convenience in adjusting the apparatus to sever cylinders in sections of different lengths, the arms 9 are so fitted upon the rod 8 as to be adjustable longitudinally thereon, the said arms being 4pivoted on said rod so that they may be swung upward to a substantially vertical position to enable the attendants to lower a glass cylinder upon arms il, and then swung downward to operative position, as shown by Fig. 2.

The free end or extremity of each arm 9 is preferably reduced in thickness at 10, and each arm is equipped with a wire guide 11, preferably formed by suit-ably stamping a piece of sheet metal and then bending it to provide a pair of similar or substantially ishaped sides,l the stein portions of which fit against opposite sides of the rece-ss porone of the arms carrying a capping off wire -ion 10 of the arm, one of the said stem portions being longer than the other and receiving a` pivot bolt 13 secured in place by means of a nut 14, the latter also coperating with the pivot bolt in securing a feed wire 15 to the arm and in electrical connection with the wire guide 1l. Journaled at opposite ends of the wire guide and between the sides thereof is a pair of guide sheaves 16 and 17 for a wire W.

18 is a metal bar secured to the lower edge of arm 9 and attached at one end to a second feed wire 19, the opposite end of said bar extending downward obliquely as at 20, and having an eye or opening 21 near its free end through which the saidwire W extends, one end of the wire being fastened to an anchor or screw 22, and the other end being free, a fiber block or other insulating device 23 being secured to the metal bar 18 to prevent any chance of Contact between said bai' and the Wire guide 11.

nssuming that a lglass cylinder has Vbeen placed upon the horse, the operator swings an arm 9 downward and at the same time grasps the Wire lll and draws it around the c ylinder andtheii upwardly and around the sheaves 16 and 1T, and at the same time exerting a pull on the t'ree end ot the wire at the pointu'hcre it extends 'from the sheaye 17 so as to draw the wire tightly around the cylinder and at the same time rock` the guide until its lower end abuts against the insulating bloclq in which position it will be observed the wirc completely encompasses the cylinder except tor a short gap between the tree end ot bar 18 and the sheai'e 16. lt the current is on it will by tlowing-'troni bar 18 to sheare lll over the cylinder-enconipassing Wire, heat such `wire and effectV or aid in effecting the severance ot the cylinder, in a Well lriioirn manner. rl1 he operator will repeat the operatxiu described at each. point Where the Ycylirder to be cutA and thereby ell'ect the capping ot' the cylinder in much quicker time than where it is necesV sary'tor the operator to shiit his capping wire and accessories along the cylinder.

' From the above description it will be ap4- parent capping apparatus which embodies the teatures advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement ol the object ot' the inyenn tion, and while l hare illustrated and described the embodiment oi? the invention which l now deem 'the best and most practical embodiment, it will be understood, tliat l reserve the right to malte si h changes in the torni, proportion, detail construction v and arrangement cit the partis as properly .fall Within the spirit and scope ot the aption close to the'oppcsite side ofthe cylinder from said'supprort, a conductor caii'ieV1 by the arni and adapted tor holding Wire affainst said cylinder, a guide pivoted onf 1 said arm so that one ot its ends may be dis posed iii proximity to the point Where said conductor holds the Wire against said cylin` der, and a plurality ot guide sheaves carried Copies of this patent may be obtaine for that l have produced glass cylinder ture.

iframeand adapted at its tree end to oycrlie the cylinder, a'conductor plate secured 'to and projecting from said arm and adapted to rest upon the cylinder, and provided With an eye adjacent the latter,Y an insulation plate on said conductor plate, a guide piroted to said armand adapted to abut at its louier lend against said insulation plate, aY

' plurality o'l guide sheaves mounted inrsaidV arm', one ot said guide sheaves being located at the end ot thc guide which abiits said plate, electric'current teed Wires connected respectively to sai-d conductor plate and said guide, and a Wire for encompassing the cyl-V inder and extending at one end through the eye ot said conductor plate and secured at such end to the latter, and extending at the other endslidiugljyY oyci said sheaves; said wire extending orer the sheave adjacent the conductor plate, at the side ot said sheaye in Y proximity to the eye oi' the condiictoif plate. t

El.V In arglass cylinder capping"apparatus, a suppoit'i'or a cylinder,Y comprising stand'l ards, a horizontal bar mounted on said standards, laterally projecting inverted! Y arch arms secured at corresponding ends toV Y said bar, means cooperating iyitlifsaid Varms and the standards for preventing;downward movement-rot the former, YVlugs projecting rigidly upward from said bar, a rod slid ingly mounted in said lugs, laterally proa jecting arms piioted on saidrod and projecting laterally therefrom'to move-in Yertical )lanes to Jei'mit a @lass c dinder to'be l l Y is l placed von said firstnamed arms, Vand toy Y' overhang said glass cylinder, and,V meansV Y mounted on and at the outer end of each of said piyoted ariiisfor holding a wireenconrV .Y

passing vsaidcylinder j 1n testimony Wlisereot,V 1 ailix my signa- Wiiiiiii-iii iyiisriiiiiir.

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